Mimi Goese

Who is Mimi Goese?

Mimi Goese is the former vocalist for dream pop band Hugo Largo. She also appeared in the 1996 short film Black Kites, directed by Jo Andres.

Two collaborations with Moby, tracks "Into the Blue" and "When It's Cold I'd Like to Die", appear on the Moby's album Everything Is Wrong. The latter song was heard during the closing credits of The Sopranos episode "Join the Club".

Under the name Mimi she has released one solo album, Soak, on the Luaka Bop label, with contributions from French record producer Hector Zazou. She also released a cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You" as a single. .

In 2006, Goese collaborated and performed onstage with the "mutantrumpeter" Ben Neill on a project called XIX. In 2010, the duo collaborated on a musical theater piece titled "Persephone", which was premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2010 Next Wave Festival. Goese and Neill were commissioned by BAM to create the staged work with multimedia company Ridge Theater. "Persephone" With a book by Tony Award-winning playwright Warren Leight, it grew out of the 19th-century musical themes that Goese and Neill were exploring.